Ive put a lot of thought into this area, and ive got this beginning self programming system going, but when it comes to making the sensors, you realize once youve got those, you dont really need to make them self program, you just code the animation yourself manually.

a) stereo cameras make the most awesome sensors for hardwired automonous death bots, and you can make them now if you are really that bloody crazy. but then its a program in control.

b) telepathic control of robots. this makes decent full body virtual reality possible (in a chair), and alot of other things. its still in its infancy alot of places, maybe not everywhere, and is a big part of the future. will be big for movies, lots of things. any invasive method i am completely against.

I always wondered how well you could spacially match a kinect up to an eeg, with a net.

Imagine the "robo bank robber" and thats what he used to do. hehehe

c) self programming robots have to most potential (only in the end) for all terrain, and carrying out an actual possibly somewhat interesting conversation, that other robots would be too predictable, they are slightly more unpredictable. they are the smartest ones, out of them all. and thats the one i want to make. but the only interactivity it has is just treating you like a foe at this stage, no real communication happening, and it goes really slow.

When the new reputation system was established, I complained about giving points for idiotic things, like logging in. So here's a perfect example of the undesirable consequences of that: rouncer's profile reports a reputation score of "356 Good". If this individual deserves a "Good" score, who doesn't? What is the score supposed to be used for?

[The thread is worthless, so I don't feel bad using it for something else. Well, a little bad because what I am talking about has nothing to do with AI.]

When the new reputation system was established, I complained about giving points for idiotic things, like logging in.

I have to fully agree. That, getting/losing points for voting and the dumb linear scaling. Actually, the only thing the new reputation system does better is allowing you to tie a vote to a specific post. Everything else about the reputation system just feels like a downgrade.Another good example in the same area is that phil<somenumber> guy who gives Spiro heart attacks. He had some 700+ reputation points when I last saw him and he *never* had any positive or constructive influence on this forum. He hadn't even learned to ask questions in all that time.

We've tried to give you a chance here, and you've been given suggestions for posting more constructively on multipleoccasions, but to be honest this topic is still nothing but largely incoherent rambling.

Your topics constantly devolve into arguments or simply trail off with no useful discussion ever taking place, and you're not even getting anything out of it yourself... you sometimes reply as if you don't even realise that the overwhelming majority of replies to your topics are simply complaining that you're still here or poking fun rather than actually trying to discuss anything with you.

We really make an effort to try to allow anyone who wants to participate to be a part of our community, but unfortunately in your case it's just not working out and we can't continue to have you disrupting our community indefinitely with no signs that you're even trying to participate constructively.

Sorry, but consider this your last chance -- any more of these pointless rambling topics will result in you being removed from our community permanently. At this point I would normally give advice on how you can be more constructive, but it's already been given repeatedly -- look over some of those older posts if you would like to try.

If this individual deserves a "Good" score, who doesn't? What is the score supposed to be used for?

You're right, those badges were set to inappropriate values -- I've adjusted them to be better suited to our current system. They now display "learning" for members with 100-1000 reputation points, "good" for members with 1000-5000 points, and "excellent" for those with more than 5000 points. Members with less than 100 points only have their score displayed with no additional label.

If you'd like to discuss the reputation system in more detail feel free to start a topic in the CS&I forum or send me a PM -- we're happy to listen to suggestions, or even if you'd just like to vent.